this morning, final journey. family, friends and dignitaries gather for the funeral of ted kennedy. and kate snow is live in boston, as a nation says good-bye. and the lion of the senate is laid to rest. unthinkable crimes. authorities search the home where jaycee lee dugard was held captive for 18 years. and her abductors that could lead to a series of murders.

bracing for the worst. with reports that swine flu could infect half of the u.s. population this year, the government gets ready. how health officials are considering a plan that would bar sick passengers from boarding airplanes. and life in the slow lane. we'll take you to a town where residents say they have everything because they have no residents say they have everything because they have no cars. captions paid for by abc, inc. good morning, america. it is august 29th. saturday morning. and a who's who of american politics is descending on boston. th's where kate snow is this morning. good morning, kate. >> good morning, bill. senator ted kennedy lies in pose. a senate delegation will arrive shortly to the library where we are to pay their last respects.

we'll have journey to his final resting place. we'll talk to one of his nephews about carrying on his legacy. and we'll talk to some of his former staffers, including supreme court justice steven breyer. and he'll talk about how he inspired them to greatness. i know you have more to come in new york, bill. >> we do, kate. we have the latest on that shocking story out of california. jaycee dugard, kidnapped in california. held for 18 years. we're learning new details, including just how close the authorities came to finding jaycee, when neighbors had their suspicions. and a different story in northern california. everything must go, if it's government property, that is. the state is in such dire financial straits, they're having a fire sale. computers, motorcycles, even prison uniforms are up for grabs at low prices. we'll have the details coming up. first, let's go back to kate in boston. >> bill, as we say, we're at the

jfk library here, where members of the kennedy family will soon gather. the senator has laid in repose here over the last two days. over 50,000 mourners passed through to pay their respects. and shortly, a delegation of senators will arrive here. and with family members, they will travel with the senate the 3 1/2 miles to our lady of perpetual help basilica. that church holds special meaning for the family. when the daughter carol, was diagnosed with cancer, he went to that church every day to prayer for her. they are expecting more than 1,400 mourners today, including president obama. three former presidents. 58 senators. president obama cut his vacation short to give the eulogy today. a white house aide said that the president penned the speech himself. and he will speak from the heart about how the senator influenced him and his country. two senators will spk.ea

yoyo ma and placoid domingo will provide the music. and the motorcade will stop at the senate steps that senator kennedy walked up for 49 years. and here's where the motorcade will end, arlington cemetery, where the senator will be laid near his brothers, jack and bobby. here in boston, there was a celebration of ted kennedy's life. here's abc's john berman. ♪ god bless america >> reporter: music, love and laughter, from those closest to ted kennedy. >> i have never met anyone whose spirits were not uplifted by being in the company of ted kennedy. >> reporter: former dnc chair, paul kirk, spoke of him as a friend. nephew joseph, as a surrogate

father. >> i'm here today because i love my uncle so very much. so very much. he did so much for me and my brothers and sisisters. and my mother, when we needed a hand. >> reporter: his good friend, senator chris dodd, talked about a phone call last month, after he had prostate surgery. >> before going through prostate cancer surgery and doing town hall meetings, you made a great choice, he said. >> reporter: but behind the jokes, there was more. >> john fitzgerald kennedy inspired our america. robert kennedy challenged our america. and our teddy changed america. >> reporter: from across the aisle, senator john mccain. >> i think i'm going to miss him more than i can say. >> reporter: and orrin hatch, with whom kennedy shared great fights and great love. >> teddy would lay into me with the harshest, red meat, liberal

rhetoric you can imagine. but then moments later, he would put his arm around he me and ask, how did i do, orrin? >> reporter: heartfeltwards from vice president joe biden. >> he made us all better. his friends, family and foes. >> reporter: and finally, his niece, caroline. >> we're the ones who have to do all the things he would have done, for us, for each other, and for our country. ♪ to dream the impossible dream ♪ >> i will miss my irisfriend. god be with you, until we meet again. >> be at peace, my friend. america will be in your debt forever. >> smooth sailing, teddy. >> sail on, my friend. sail on. ♪ where the brave dare not go >> our thanks to john berman for that. there are generations of kennedys here, of course, forced

to grieve in a very public way. r ey are each other's.st toedna system. urnator kennedy was a father, of , se his own three children and tp s, drteilchen. but also uncle teddy to 23 nieces and nephews. i had a chance to speak to one of the nephews, the son of bobby kennedy, douglas kennedy. what are your feelings? what are your memories that you hold in your heart now? >> the last couple days, i just have had a time to think about, you know -- he was so important in my life. he called me on every birthday i had. he attended every graduation. he called every one of my children on every birthday that they've had. he called my wife on every birthday she's had. and on our anniversary. and just -- he did a lot of that stuff out of a sense of duty. but when you were in his presence, i always felt just

incredible amount of love. and, you know, i just loved being around him. >> there's been so much talk about him as the patriarch, as the center of the kennedy family. do you agree with that when people say that? and now, that he's gone, is there an empty hole? >> i think that, yeah. he is irreplaceable. yeah. you can't replace who he was and what he did. he was a huge figure in all of our lives. >> does someone else step into that now? or is it impossible to? >> you know, a lot of people said -- say he replaced, you know, my father. i never got that sense. his love for us was to be -- and for other people, was to be who you are. and i don't think he would want anybody to try to be who he was. particularly, the last year of

his life, he really embraced being alive. and i think that's something that we will all sort of take with us. that's the most important lesson in life, is to continue to try to be alive. >> what are the family members saying to each other to keep strength? >> i think we go through different periods of -- where we're telling very funny stories about him. you know, he was just very fun guy. and, you know,il there's a lot loss. you know? as i said, he's irreplaceable. and we're all going to miss him a lot. >> douglas told me that the one thing that's helping sustain all the family is the outpouring of love that they feel from all over the country. it is a great comfort to them. let's go back to new york for the rest of the morning's headlines. ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. the space shuttle "discovery"

took off from cape canaveral just after midnight last night, after three previous attempts were skubed. it's heading to the space station with seven astronauts on board. and a wildfire burning out of control in los angeles has scorched nearly eight-square miles. governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency, as hundreds of residents have been evacuated. and the l.a. county coroner's office has ruled that michael jackson's death was a homicide. it said it was primarily caused with acute intoxication with propofol. jackson's doctor conrad murray has admitted to giving him proep fall. and adam goldstein h been found dead in his new york apartment. police say they found a crack pipe and prescription drugs in a home. and today marks the fourth anniversary of hurricane katrina. the storm killed more than 1,600

people on the gulf coast and left behind more than $40 billion in damage. president obama said he will never forget the images of people stranded on rooftops and in stadiums. and he promises to visit new orleans before the end of the year. and it's love at first sight for female gorillas at the london zoo. they were shown a picture of a potential mate, which they promptly ripped up and ate. if i were that guy, i would be careful. heat's a first look at the adlines. now, back to bill. >> maybe craigslist. you can't dismiss somebody based on a photograph, right? i wouldn't be here. you? >> i wouldn't be here, either. good morning, the two of you. talking about tropical depression danny, causing a mess off the coast of the carolinas. churning up the seas. five deaths due to strong rip currents. the good news is all this comes down later on today. but danny races up the east

coast. and actually, when it gets to the northeast, meets up with a front, coming off the great lakes, causing a lot of rain. 35-mile-per-hour winds a humidity. major cities, washington, new york, boston, augusta. very humid for today. how much rain? a lot of it along the c the thanks so much. later on in the broadcast, i'll tell you about excessive heat on the west coast.

bill? >> okay, marysol. we turn, now, to the latest on that horrifying kidnapping case out of california. a registered sex offder and his wife were in court on friday, arraigned on 29 charges of rape and kidnapping, for abducting a girl and imprisoning her for 18 years. mike von fremd has that story from antioch this morning. mike? >> reporter: phillip garrido, was not only a confirmed kidnapper. but they're looking at his property that he may have links to ten prostitutes that were murdered here in the 1990s. law enforcement put on a show of force, as the house where jaycee dugard was held captive, was sealed and declared a crime scene for the second time. next door, neighbors and people living on the street are angry that police did little after several calls years ago, to report suspicious behavior and sounds from garrido's backyard.

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since her release, her family says she feels guilty she bonded with her abductor. experts say that's common. >> and that can happen because the captor is threatening you, is being very nice to you, is taking care of you. there are a number of reasons why captives, over the course of many years, have formed very strong bonds with their captors. >> reporter: it may be an agonizing time for the family, to try to re-establish their once loving relationship. but for now, they are at least enjoying privacy and time together, for the first moments in more than 18 years. bill? >> mike von fremd in antioch this morning. thanks. and turning, now, to the nation's health. there were more sober warnings this week about swine flu, as students prepare to head back to the incubators that are classrooms. there's real concerns that the bug could spread and fast. rachel martin joins us from washington with the latest on all this. good morning, rachel.

>> reporter: good morning, bill. it's really the pace of this that has federal health officials concerned. mo than 500 people have died because of the h1n1 virus. as fall and winter approaches, the situation is only supposed to get worse. so, the big question now is, are we ready? the u.s. government hopes so. a recent federal report says worst-case scenario, swine flu may infect up to half of the u.s. population this year. and kill up to 9000 people. that's double the death rate of the regular flu. >> no one really has an immunity to this disease, for whatever reason. the oldest americans, people over 65, seem to be a little more resilient. but the rest of the population is very susceptible. >> reporter: aviation officials are also concerned and taking precautions. in a statement released to abc news, the department of homeland security says the tsa will work closely with health officials to prevent the spread of the flu. and may consider denying

boarding in cases where the passengers may be infected. health care workers like cheryl peterson are being urged to line up first for the flu vaccine. and being hold to heed simple advice. >> i think the piste that is most important is, if you are sick, stay home. and those same measures are needed for health care workers. >> reporter: some health experts are trying to downplay public fears. >> if what we're seeing now is predictive of what we'll be seeing in the fall and the winter, this looks like a mild to moderate, not a very severe pandemic. >> reporter: still, americans are worried. a poll ts week, says one in three people believe they or a family member is likely to contract the h1n1 virus. >> ctious about where i spend my time. what i'm doing about my general health. >> i'm in a dormitory in d.c. myself. it's a lot of college kids.

i feel like if somebody gets sick, it can affect the whole dorm. >> reporter: federal health officials are urging people to go see their doctors and arrange to have the swine flu vaccine. especially children under the age of 5, people over 50, and pregnant women. that swine flu vaccine is expected to be available in mid-october. bill? >> okay, rachel martin. we thank you for that. and turning from health to wealth, or the lack thereof. if california were a country, the golden state would have the tenth world economy. but that state is broke. and to dig themselves out, the california government is holding a massive garage sale. everything must go. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: they're california crisis castoffs. >> welcome to our garage sale. >> reporter: row after row of state-owned property is being sold off. from pianos to patrol cars. it's part of governorrnold schwarzenegger's promise to cut waste in a troubled economy. >> all kinds of things to raise

money for the state, which we need very badly. >> reporter: 4,000 people showed up on the first day, finding deals on practical items like office furniture. this family got computers for 75 bucks. they will send it to family and friends in cameroon. there's plenty of unusual items. never worn shirts and shoes, originally made for prisoners. >> nice black shoes. >> this is a geiger county. it detects radiation. >> reporter: self-described science fanatic, barbara nicholas, found her own radiation detector, three of them, actually. >> there's a lot of stuff that's here that's been siding around in storage units. sitting around in warehouses. sitting around in the offices of state government that haven't been used. >> reporter: other good deals. one g.e. washer, 80 bucks. one state capitol building, built in the 1870s.

actually, the capitol is not for sale. yet. the great california garage sale raised just over $1 million in its first day. but with more than a $10 billi budget short fall this fiscal year, you never know what might go up for sale next. for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, san francisco. >> don't buy any bridges until we tell you to. coming up in this next half hour, kate will have much more in preparation for senator kennedy's memorial service from boston. and we'll be right back. coming up on "good morning america," passing the torch. in nearly a half century of senate service, ted kennedy built a family of thousands of loyal staffers. and we'll talk to a few, including a supreme court justice. and walk this way. we'll take you to the town that banned cars. and tell you why residents are all-too happy to hit the road on two whls (announcer) time brings new wisdom new aches and pains,

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kennedy. they will join the line of the senate for the journey over to the church. we'll speak to some of his former staffers, including a supreme court justice, who said that senator kennedy inspired him to greatness. bill is back in new york with other headlines there. bill? >> that's right, kate. coming up, we know how hybrids and electric cars are all the buzz when it comes to keeping the environment clean. imagine a place where there are no cars at all. not a resort place. this is a functioning, modern city. they got rid of their cars long ago. they're producing more electricity than they consume. we'll tell you how that's working out for them. another hot story this morning. we'll introduce you to a family that's been making tobasco sauce. they created the spicey stuff. it's our "american snapshot" just ahead. first, ron claiborne has the morning's headlines. >> good morning, everyone. in iraq, a suicide car bomber struck a police station north of baghdad, killing at least 9

people and wounding 17 others. four of those killsed were police officers. and a roadside bomb attack in august, the deadliest month for troop there's since the war began. and cbs radio reporter, camry accord, was wounded in the explosion. and the megamillions drawing won in new york city. and the other in san gabriel, california. and 17 mike herham, the youngest to circle the globe. returned to england, where he began his trip last year. that's a quick look at the headlines. over to marysol, with the weather. >> thanks, ron. good morning. dry and hot in the southwest. 109 in las vegas. both of the cities could see record-breakers for today. high fire danger. we'll tell you about that tomorrow into the week. it feels like autumn. i can't belie i'm saying this. and there's frost warnings in

portionsf the midwest. and good morning. temperatures are mainly in the lower 70's right now. here's our forecast -- sunny and bright today with a couple of shower thanks so much. this weather report has been brought to you by chase. now, back up to boston and check in with kate. >> okay, marysol, thanks. many of the visitors we've seen over the past days are part of a unique club. former capitol hill staffers of senator kennedy. and among them, justice steven breyer, who was a harvard professor when kennedy convinced him to come aboard in the '7 0s. bob shrum. and ken feinberg, the powerful

lawyer who is reigning in t companies who got government bailouts. i sat down with the three of them for an insider's view of the senator's life. you three had such unique access to him, in such a personal way. what are the memories that give you comfort? >> the number one rule i learned from senator kennedy, that came from legislation when i was there. the perfect is the enemy of the good. and he would be a vigorous defender of his position, up to a point. then, he would be able to maneuver some sort of compromise that would make nobody thrilled or happy. but would be sufficient, better than the alternative of doing nothing. >> was he tough? >> oh. >> was he tough? >> i'll tell you a story about his toughness. he didn't stay mad if he got mad. during the '80 campaign, kerry parker and i gave him a memo.

he said, you guys are in real trouble. i said, why? he said, you gave him a wrong fact. he comes out. and he does not look happy. and he looks at kerry and me. and he says, get in the limo with me. we sit down. he looks at us. he says, i will thank you to let me make my own mistakes. then, he paused and said, as you may have noticed, i'm pretty good at it. and he never mentioned it again. >> i learned a major thing. he said don't worry about credit. people worry too much about it. he said, look. give people credit. it's a weapon. give it to them. and by the way, if it's a success, there will be plenty of credit to go around. and if it's not a success, who wants it? >> you never stop working for senator kennedy. you may leave his employment. but senator kennedy would call you back and ask your opinion

and expect your involvement. i haven't been on the senate payroll for, you know, 25 years. but i never stopped working. >> you said you've already gone into -- >> it brings it home to you the way nothing else does. to sit there for an hour. and these guys will understand. the first time i ever talked to him that he didn't talk back. you usually get about two sentences in. >> what will you leave here with after this weekend? what will be in your heart? >> i'm going to leave here and i think everybody will, with the life, which in so many ways, he hoped to give me. with a sense of idealism and conviction and commitment that he exemplified for me. >> i can't conceive, frankly, of a life in this country without senator kennedy. >> my stories i learned from him. what you do is, you try to help. now, for him, he had this

tremendous practical ability, understanding of other people. he put those together in a form of work that means trying to help people in this country. for us, we're part of that. and thanks for letting us be part of that. >> by the y,wat it was ted kennedy who pushed for judge reyer to of the supreme urcot. and shepherded his nomination n all the way through. they will be pallbearers today. and our verage today will begin at 10:00 a.m., anchored by charles gibson. coming up on "good morning america," we'll visit the green drea a town that produces more energy than it uses. grows its own food. and has banned cars from its roads. and hot stuff. we travel down south to the

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what if you could start everything over? making over, not just your home, but your entire town? environmentally-friendly, getting rid of all the pollutions, the noise. even the cars? one town has found a way to do it. here's abc's senior foreign correspondent, jim sciutto. >> reporter: as a city, voban germany, has everything. the tree-lined streets. the perfect houses. everything except for that one,

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kids pick them up before they can almost ride one. but it's about much more. vauban is an environmentally friendly city of the future, with organically grown food, renewable energy, and carbon-neutral homes. >> people make more money by selling electricity to the grid, than they pay for heat and hot water and electricity. >> reporter: so, they produce more energy than they use? >> yes. >> reporter: vauban was nearly 20 years in the making. built on the site of a former military barracks, which residents and the local government bought and redesigned. now, it's attracting attention from around the world. like the class of students from u.c. davis reran into, part of this sustainability course. what can we learn from here that would actually be followed in the states? >> from my point of view, the technologies are all transferable. i think what's difficult for us to really get a grasp on, especially in the american west,

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>> right off the coast of louisiana is an island that is home to the nectar of the gods if you like the spicy stuff. tobasco is a distinctly american flavor, one th's been spicing it up for over 100 years. and as john berman discovered in this "american snapshot." >> reporter: old joke. old food joke. somebody slips some tobasco in something that someone's about to sip or sample. it could be the sandwich that jackie gleason is about to bite into by mistake. it could be a number of cartoon animals. bugs bunny and french robert, 57 years ago. a mouse in "bye-bye bluebeard," 59 years ago. you always know what the reaction is going to be. yes, as a very long-ago jingle

describes it, a special seasoning. and the point is, long ago, as in seemingly forever. the sauce, the brand, the bottle. it's been seemingly everywhere. but it comes from somewhere. and that's a story in itself. it all started in a farm field in a remote part of louisiana. an island, in fact, where a businessman planted some pepper seeds. that was 140 years ago. hot, humid, and fertile, avery island, as it's called, has hardly changed. and the family that owns it, five generations on, the mcilhennys, they're still making tobasco, right here, in old, wooden barrels. what is with all the barrels? >> this is where the whole tobasco process starts. the more we do it the old-fashioned way, the better the sauce is. we receive the mash.

it's ground up, mixed with salt. and it's put into these barrels. >> reporter: a great, great grandson of the first tobascomaker, his given name is harold osbourne. but he's known as tuk. >> this is how you taste mash. you get a little of it. you put it in your mouth. and you have to spit it out. >> reporter: like this? >> that's good. >> reporter: i'm going to put it in. >> put it on your tongue. and then, spit it out. >> reporter: finally, we're at the sauce. >> this is the sauce, ready to go. about 1,700 gallons of tobasco sauce ready to be bottled. >> reporter: they go all over the world. 700,000 bottles a day. the language on the label, adjusted for the destination. and every now and then, a bottle comes back, like this perfectly intact, 19th century tobasco

bottle, found in an attic of rural new york state. shane bernard is tobasco's official historian. >> you think there has to be a finite number of tobasco artifacts to collect. but it never stops. >> reporter: but the most delicate relic of all, is edmund mcilhenny's original recipe from 1898. >> it tells us a lot about how tobasco was made back then. it wasn't very scientific. >> reporter: but it worked. and for paul mcilhenny, the ceo, his job is to make sure it keeps on working. do you think in 2050, or so, there will be a man or woman named mcilhenny, that will talk to some reporter. >> there will be someone with that coarsing through their blood, that will be ready to share it with the world. >> reporter: i tasted the mash. >> i heard that. >> reporter: and i'm still

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it is 7:56. we're taking a look at the top stors in our region for investigators will return to the scene of a fire in southeast washington t determine the cause. the fire broke out last night at a home in the 1700 block of bay street. the two residents were u able to esho aitut otd dut ddot has closhe the easd part of theeh rabitilation of the 11th street bridge. the ramp was closed last night and will remain closed until 5:00 monday morning. let's go to our weather center. adam caskey is here. >> grace guides across washington. -- gray skies across washington. we will have scattered thunderstorms and showers throughout the day. we are anticipating a sunny breaks today. it is a humid 73 degrees at

reagan national airport. it is uncomfortable air outside again today, like yesterday. we will have a big improvement coming down the pike. temperatures are in the lower 70's right now. we will be in the mid-80's later today. we will have a few showers and thunderstorms but not as widespread or heavy as yesterday. tonight, a cold front moves in and behind that, it will be more comfortable for the next couple of days and noticeably cooler next week. you will really feel better. the same temperatures but lower humidity. mid 70's through wednesday next week. >> stay with us. we will bring you full covl c